Has anyone else heard this news today? Molotov cocktails thrown into this downtown bar and 8 people killed. Reports on the radio state the owner had refused to pay protection money. I have been told it is already on CNN - off to check. Take Care Tracey
Tracey - when has Reg 229 on the wrong side of Portillo been in Downtown? More utter rubbish by the media - and why the international attention??
Anything to badmouth Mexico.. I wonder how many murders there were in the States last night? Needless to say this is unusual for Cancun and somewhat worrying, but let's hope it stays an isolated incident.
Some of the news is saying "a popular area of Cancun" but this in not popular for me. This place is on Leona Vicario, east of Kabah. 10 heavily armed men arrived at 1 am and herded everyone to an area of the bar that was away from any exit. They tossed the molotav cocktails and the place burned to the ground. 8 dead and 2 more in serious condition. They were driving a VW Jetta and a Silverado. THIS IS NOT IN A TOURIST AREA OR REMOTELY NEAR ANYWHERE A TOURIST WOULD GO. IT IS SAD FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THOSE DEAD AND INJURED BUT IT WOULD SHOCK ME IF A GRINGO HAS EVEN BEEN INSIDE OF THIS PLACE. EVERYONE SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS AND CONCERNED BUT THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM FOR POTENTIAL TOURISTS TO CONCERN THEMSELVES WITH. IMHO ANYWAY.
If they were "heavily armed" why would they need molotov cocktails? There are varying reports going around.. but it seems to not fit the established MO of "zetas" as they tend to use guns... the Jetta also doesn't match the standard vehicles they like to use... I'm thinking local street scum wannabe "zetas" did this.. but who knows... either way it makes me sick that there are people who would do things like this...
Life, 10 guys, heavily armed, don't seem out of line if there is a message being sent, which seems to be the M.O. of so many recent killings all over Mexico. If that message was to be understood, folks had to die and damage had to be done. If they wanted lots of deaths in a dramatic fashion, and to eliminate the business altogether, using strength in numbers and weapons to get the victims in an area with no escape route and to miniumize the risk to the attackers, this makes some degree of sense, in this regard. Don't you think? I know we all think big black Suburbans and Escalades but Jetta's can be fast and a Silverado would blend right in with the working crowd. These are my thoughts anyway. Want to go out there and gawk?
The place apparently just had one entrance/exit and those killed were workers so they were already inside I'd imagine... I wasn't there but I just find it odd that the assailants wouldn't fire a single shot if they were heavily armed and their intent was to kill... so far I haven't heard any reports that shots were fired... one report says 6 guys another says "at least a dozen" one says dressed in gang clothes, another says "commandos" so basically I don't think anyone really got a good look at what was going on and we all know how (un)reliable witnesses tend to be... let's go gawk at the girls at the beach instead. :icon_lol:
Unfortunately this story is on CNN and on the BBC- it does not explain where the bar is or that it does not effect tourists - It just states"Tourist resort of Cancun" . The BBC website has an option to write a comment -I have stating it is nowhere near the tourists areas. The truth is however that this sort of thing does damage the city and damages tourism. Tracey.
